Molecular Diagnostics

News on lab-developed tests and emerging diagnostic technologies.

USPTO Denies Foundation Medicine Attempt to Invalidate Guardant Health Patent

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied Foundation Medicine's request for Inter Partes review.

Bio-Techne Gets New York State Approval for Prostate Cancer Test

The firm said that with the approval, the firm's liquid biopsy-based ExoDx Prostate IntelliScore (EPI) test is now available in every state.

ASCO Data Pushes Boundaries for Genomic Testing in Localized Breast Cancer

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Meeting presentations supported tweaking the clinical interpretation of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX and bolstered Biotheranostics' Breast Cancer Index.

Clinical Genomics Building Clinical Utility Evidence for Colorectal Cancer Recurrence Assay

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The firm is in the midst of a clinical trial called NOVA to compare its circulating-tumor DNA-based Colvera test to DiaSorin's carcinoembryonic antigen assay.

Sanford Health Taps Harvard, Brigham and Women's for Genetic Screening Study

Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers will help guide Sanford in using and interpreting data collected through its Sanford Chip pharmacogenomic test.

Jun 12, 2019

Metagenomic CSF Sequencing Improves Diagnosis of Neurological Infections, UCSF Study Finds

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Jun 12, 2019

FDA Clears Roche Extraction Platform For Use With Applied BioCode GI Pathogen Panel, System

Jun 12, 2019

BGI Genomics Continues to Grow Clinical Testing Business, Add Partnerships

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Jun 12, 2019

Invitae Launches Free Genetic Testing Programs With Spark Therapeutics, X4 Pharmaceuticals

Jun 11, 2019

Piper Jaffray Initiates Coverage of Danaher, Agilent

Jun 11, 2019

GeneNews, Oncore Pharma Ink Colorectal Cancer Test Deal

Jun 07, 2019

NIPT Trisomy 21 Screening Works Equally Well in Twin and Singleton Pregnancies, Study Finds

Jun 06, 2019

Genomic Testing Firm Variantyx Receives $7M Investment from Pitango Venture Capital

Jun 06, 2019

Akonni Bio Obtains FDA 510(k) Clearance for TruDiagnosis MDx System, PGx Test

Jun 06, 2019

TAPUR Study Investigators Report First Positive Findings, Pursuing Tissue-Agnostic Cohorts

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Jun 05, 2019

Diagnostic Power of Pancreatic Cancer Blood Test Gets a Boost From Methylated DNA Markers

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Jun 05, 2019

Almac NGS-Based CDx Gets CE Mark

Jun 04, 2019

US Senate Hearings Consider Bipartisan Proposal to Change Patent Laws; Could Have Big Impact on Dx

Jun 03, 2019

Grail's Newest Early Cancer Detection Data Lays Path for Return of Results Next Year

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Jun 03, 2019

Mobidiag, Autobio Diagnostics Launch Joint Venture in China

Jun 03, 2019

Biocartis, Kite Sign Development Agreement for Immunotherapy Assays

Jun 02, 2019

Johns Hopkins Spinout to Bring CancerSEEK Test to Clinic

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May 31, 2019

One Year Post-TAILORx: Attitudes Shift and Questions Linger in Breast Cancer Recurrence Testing

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May 31, 2019

Meridian Bioscience Enters Deal for $125M Credit Facility

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Collins to Avoid 'Manels'

US National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins says he will avoid male-only speaker panels.

Patient Dies Following Fecal Transplant

Two patients fell ill, and one subsequently died, following a fecal microbiome transplant that harbored multi-drug-resistant bacteria, according to the New York Times.

From Pigs to Monkeys

Technology Review reports that eGenesis is testing whether organs from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into monkeys.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: almond reference genome, and more.

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